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Health Pulse / Texas

Texas Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.1012
Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very High
40 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22
RSV
Moderate
40 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22
SARS-CoV-2
Very High
40 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

Highest activity level observed among this state's wastewater monitoring sites. Wastewater signals often precede clinical reporting.

Notifiable Disease Reports

DiseaseLatest WeekCount52-Week Max
CampylobacteriosisMMWR 14/20261240
CryptosporidiosisMMWR 33/2026250
LegionellosisMMWR 33/2026324
MalariaMMWR 33/2026510
MpoxMMWR 32/2026123
MumpsMMWR 27/202613
PertussisMMWR 8/20266151
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)MMWR 33/20261245
ShigellosisMMWR 31/2026245
TuberculosisMMWR 32/2026233
Varicella diseaseMMWR 33/2026117

Weekly provisional counts reported to CDC NNDSS by state health departments. Each disease shows its own most recently reported week — some lag behind others. Provisional and subject to revision.

Health Profile

Long-term community health indicators (not current surveillance) — 2023 estimates.

Coronary Heart Disease
5.83%
Current Asthma
9.93%
Current Smoking
14.57%
Depression
22.95%
Diabetes
12.72%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.43%
High Blood Pressure
32.83%
No Health Insurance
21.48%
Obesity
37.39%
Physical Inactivity
30.07%

Source: CDC PLACES, state-level average of local estimates.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Trend estimates and wastewater viral activity levels, not diagnoses or case counts. Public health surveillance data — not medical advice.